Happiness for All?: Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream

by Carol Graham

Book Overview

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided society

The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting-edge research linking income inequality with well-being to show how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691169462
• ISBN13: 9780691169460
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"